Let’s talk about pain for a minute because I believe there are two different kinds of pain. Clean pain and dirty pain.

The clean pain is really useful and necessary. It’s part of our human experience. Clean pain is grief, clean pain is sadness or disappointment. Clean pain is heartache and mourning with those who mourn. Comforting those who need comfort. Clean pain is what makes us human. It helps us connect. It helps us heal from the painful experience. This can include all kinds of emotions.